TTC 10+ months part 16

[Buzzybee123]

New thread for the lovely 10+ers.

[lovesLemonDrizzleCake]

Morning lovelies, thanks for all the support, you're lovely! Feeling fairly okay today. I'll be drinking the obligatory 2 extra liters of water and lots of herbal tea. I did go out to dinner with half my family last night, a long standing appointment and, while still lying on the couch, I felt up to it. It was a bit more challenging than usually, as my abdomen was not impressed and I am sure I shouldn't have had that sneaky glass of wine. But overnight the bloatiness has gone down a lot. And tonight I've got a facial booked :) so a bit of pampering can't go amiss.

I am back at work, though working from home. So in my next break I might actually catch up properly!

[MuddyWellyNelly]

Well done Lemon . I went straight to Wagamama after my EC (for lunch!) but then I did only have the one egg .

Enjoy your break Mad. I've just remembered I didn't reply to your last PM. Give me a shout when you get back.

Critter was that your first scan? Can't believe how quickly it is going, from this side at least.

Den I'm so sorry no holiday baby. Even after all this time it still amazes me that we still have this slight hope. I'm by far the worst for it. But round 2 will be here before you know it and it will all go better next round.

Gin hooray for baby bump .

Sar your words always bring a lump to my throat. You are right, despite shite AMH there are still good embryos, I've just not got the right toss of the coin yet. I'm a bit sick of waiting for it though!

Forgotten everything else I was going to say so general waves to those not name checked. Hope the sarf isn't too sticky hot, it's ok here but not full on sunbathe weather. But it is not raining so hurrah for that.

[lovesLemonDrizzleCake]

Fertilisation occurred, we have ET tomorrow no news on numbers or quality, guess we'll get some of that at the clinic. Waves and pets all round. Still shaky from the phone call, that I made SB do...

[roomyenoughforacritter]

Yay lemon! Brilliant news. Will be sending you lots of love and luck tomorrow.

[Ginestas]

Yay from me too lemons. Hope all goes well today and you have a nice relaxing pupo weekend planned :) Btw, I am so impressed at all you ladies doing something the evening after EC. All I could do was lie on the sofa and dribble!

Luffs to everyone else.

[Cosmos1]

Yay Lemons great news. I'm impressed at you getting DH to make the call, I like the sharing of responsibility! I think it's probably a wise thing not to even worry about numbers and quality - after tomorrow you'll be pupo as gin said! Good luck for ET. I found it just like a prolonged smear but it definitely was a bit less ouchy the time I was more relaxed. Good luck with it. What are your plans for the 2ww are you going to carry on as normal or have you got some time off? For me it was just the mental side of everything - I can empathise was the shakes after getting phone calls!

Free wow that is a great weight loss, well done. Is this the Chinese medicine guy in London? And that is definitely a change in your cycle for it to be reduced like that. How have you found the herbs? I quite liked them after a while.

Sar you're so sweet to keep popping in to support us. Hope you're coping ok in this heat.

Pout hows things, what's your plan for your frostie? Sorry if you've already said, I'm not keeping up well at the moment.

Hey Buzzy, sorry you're struggling with the heat, I'm not surprised, it's HOT!

Hi Critter, thanks for the support lovely, so glad you had a lovely scan moment with your mum.

Muddy dont lose heart, it's all about making embryos! What's your plan at the moment?

Hi Gin.

I went to see Mr S and am going to follow a similar immune protocol as before. He did give me an endometrial 'scratch' though, which I have read about - there's some studies that may show that for ladies who've failed at Ivf previously, giving a 'scratch' to the womb the month before Ivf might aid implantation. It was a bit of an unexpected outing of the foof - I haven't had many visitors down there for while, it was a bit of a rude awakening back to the world of Ivf!

[Cosmos1]

What I meant to add about that scratch thing was that if those studies are valid, then it can't all be down to age doom and gloom etc etc. plus there's always something different to try with each round.

[lovesLemonDrizzleCake]

SB is also taking the results call in just under two weeks. I cannot do that emotionally and I'll be at work without any privacy - I reckon it is the least he can do after all my stabbing (although the swimmers he produced were pretty good too). We've got a few outings planned but nothing huge in the next two weeks, and a night away at a RL friend who knows about IVF next weekend.

Exciting about scratching and getting ready to go again cosmos. Everything crossed. I hope it has been a nice break from foofage meddling!

Nelly you're time will come, the embie you made was perfect. You just need to bring perfect embie and womble in contact often enough and you'll get that win! Take care and sneaky hug.

Thanks lovely differs, gin, critter, and sar to pop in. It gives me confidence you're all diffed, even if it wasn't necessarily on the first or last IVF attempt.

How's big dog now, pout? And what are your plans the next few weeks? Is there an FET in the future?

Well done on weight loss and heating up free. Impressed with the commitment, I have to say I failed to stay sober while stimming, and we've agreed I am allowed the odd glass after ET too, am I an alcoholic?

If you're reading joy, I often wonder how things are with you! Take care and waves and stuff. Also to all the others.

[Cosmos1]

Lemons am getting very hopeful for you and your lemonettes. My last clinic was big on relaxing about things like odd alcohol / caffeine intake during Ivf.

Also forgot to say Mr S reminded me about important role of vit D, so get sunbathing everyone!

[Cosmos1]

And yes I hope Joy is ok. I hope she got secretly updiffed and is enjoying it somewhere.

[Buzzybee123]

lemon well done and good luck for tomorrow, will you put two back if you have a few

cosmos glad things went well with mr s, most clinic offer either the scratch or assisted hatching

well its been an emotinal day for us, I had my booking in appointment and 12 week scan today, talking about my history made me sad for the babies that I had lost but not forgotten, then reaching this far feels like a miracle, and for the first time in months I actually feell like a human

joy I do hope you are ok

waves to everyone else

[MuddyWellyNelly]

Yay Buzzy. I have been thinking of you. It was always going to be tough but this is a massive milestone. I'm so happy for you

Hooray too for Lemon, and for making SB do the calling. Also curious in if you will do Single or double?

It is glorious here today. But I'm on a train and going to an indoor pub . Still the forecast is good for the weekend.

Sorry for such rubbish name checking.

[lovesLemonDrizzleCake]

We agreed on single at our consent meeting. My clinic is very keen on singleton pregnancies, and apparently I am really young

Well done on the booking appointment buzz, sorry the past sadness reared its ugly head!

[mrsden]

Great news lemon. Fingers crossed for you, I have a good feeling.

I really wanted dh to do the phone calls but my clinic will only release info to the woman, which seems totally stupid and makes me a bit cross when we're only there because of male factor. I really wished that dh could have made the final call because hearing the I'm so sorry it's negative broke me even though I knew it already. I had to make the call in my lunch hour and I can't even sit on that park bench anymore, I feel all sad when I see it. Pathetic I know.

[mrsden]

Whoops posted too soon. Buzz wonderful news that all is ok. I can only imagine how emotional you feel.

[Buzzybee123]

hey ladies, while at Tesco Barry talked about putting up the scan pic on FB I told him I was not and why, I don't really feel I can stop him from doing it as it is his baby too, I just wanted to let you know as it might get linked onto mine, I'm hoping he will forget about it i don't really want to tell people

I shall chat to him later about it

[seaviewasia]

Short overseas phone post from me.

Buzz- that's amazing news re scan. So sorry it brought back sad memories. Delighted you have reached this important milestone.

Lemons - hurray you are pupo. Hope you are feeling well.

Welcome back Free. Well done on the weight loss and getting warm. Are you happy with your Chinese doc?

Gin - yay to bump. How are you feeling?

Sorry not to name check properly. Will check in once I'm home.

Waves to all

[Buzzybee123]

lemon good luck for today :)

[lovesLemonDrizzleCake]

Thanks all, perfect 8-cell on board, one or two more look likely to freeze (they decide tomorrow).

[Buzzybee123]

lemON Well done on your little lembie and great that there is two possible frosties, you are PUPO when is test day

[Cosmos1]

Great news Lemons! Well done you, how was ET?

Buzzy lovely news about the scan, as MrsD said, can only imagine how emotional it must have been.

[akuabadoll]

Just popping in quickly to say hello. lemon sounds like a great result, well done. Lovely to see you here Cosmos Waves and positive thoughts to all.

[lovesLemonDrizzleCake]

Thanks all :) the ET was really smooth, completely painfree unlike some of my IUIs and everyone was quite excited about the quality of the Lembies in a very nice way. So yay. I might give myself a bit of a MN diet for the next 12 days, OTD is 1/8, and I am going to lodge my head firmly in the sand. These are the best odds we've had since TTC except the actual pregnancy, of course. Scary thought that needs to be ignored.

Lovely of you to pop by, doll. How are things? Are you showing? Where are you? Any news?

[akuabadoll]

Well lemon I have 7kg attached to my front, feel a bit like, yep ok get the idea, can we just get on with things now? Still in the same place, just got to wait for replacement to arrive and handover my job, then relocate family and get Little Doll in school, then likely temporarily relocate again for birth, do that thing, get Tiny Doll a birth cert and passport and get back to where I'm supposed to be living. Easy. lemon I so so hope this works for you.

[Ginestas]

That's excellent news lemons! I'm so pleased this cycle has all gone so well for you and have everything crossed for OTD. We always took otd off/wfh, as I knew I'd be a mess.

doll! Lovely to 'see' you! Blimey you have a lot on the next few months. What's your due date? Hope everything is going well.

sea hope you are on hols overseas and having a very well deserved break.

nelly hope the pub was good! I'm still super jealous of your gorgeous garden in the FB pics.

cosmos I've read good things about the scratch and it was something I was contemplating for our next go. Was it ok? Did it hurt? I have everything crossed for this cycle for you.

Congrats again buzz on the scan. We got a DVD of ours!

Waves and luffs to everyone else.

I'm now 19 weeks, so almost half way. I really thought I'd have lost some of the anxiety about things working out by now, but no. I still examine every bit a loo roll for af! Mental eh?